Super Bowl XLVII

WILLIAMSBURG — At this point in Peyton Manning's career, working football camps must be akin to knowing his playbook. Instinctive, almost. He's been helping with various camps for the better part of 20 years, notably the Manning Passing Academy he and his family have hosted in Louisiana since 1996. So the Denver Broncos quarterback didn't look fazed Sunday night at William and Mary's Zable Stadium, slinging passes to some unfamiliar receivers, some whom were a couple feet shorter than him. "I've thrown a lot of passes to lots of different receivers at different levels," Manning said. "I guess there's a little bit of a touch pass to...

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